Senior Associate, Finance and Administrative

Required minimum Skills and Competencies:

• At least 6 years’ experience in finance, operations and office administration, ideally for a non-profit organization.
  
• A degree in Finance, Accounting, Management, business administration or any relevant field.
  
• Should be Certified Public Accountant (CPA, ICAN)
  
• Experience in bookkeeping and computerized accounting systems.
  
• Experience in making improvements to financial systems; an aptitude for this work is an advantage.
  
• Experience in periodic financial reporting for management purposes and donor reporting
  

• Support the day-to-day operational, financial, and administrative operations (including processing staff requests related to programs operations)
  
• Review accounts payable include invoices, Requests for Payments, and travel expense reports.
  
• Collaborate with the team to fill in monthly timesheets and ensure a readily available database of all supporting documents linked to the GL.
  
• Ensure compliance with financial internal controls and ensure that transactions are processed and assets managed in accordance with the TaRL Africa financial and operational policies.
  
• Support in ensuring expenses are captured in the correct categories and donors and extraction of monthly and periodic financial reports for the organisation and donor requirements.
  
• Coordinate and oversee the accurate compilation, review, and timely submission of SCUML filings, ensuring full regulatory compliance and proper record-keeping.
  
• Support the office audits and financial risk management and fraud prevention issues
  
• Develop and maintain effective office systems (e.g., IT support, office maintenance, fixed assets, supplier contact), ensuring these are consistent with TaRL Africa’s operating requirements.
  
• Process and share monthly bank reconciliations within the ERP and share with CMF&A for review and approval
  
• Maintenance of a vendor’s database within the financial management system
  
• Assists CMF&A to ensure all statutory obligations are paid on timely basis
  
• Assists CMF&A to maintain healthy liquidity position at all time
  
• Manage vendor relations from the procurement process to payments